The Story of Chicago May
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2006
Michael Joseph Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100658-1 (ISBN)
Michael Joseph Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100658-1 (ISBN)
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Legend says that May was a mesmerizing beauty, who had fallen in love with big-time criminal Eddie Guerin and followed him to Paris where together, they robbed the American Express. But they were both caught and sent to prison. This work embraces the life of a notorious criminal, an unrepentant and enigmatic daughter of Ireland - Chicago May.
Nuala O'Faolain received critical acclaim for her candid memoris, "Are You Somebody?" and "Almost There". Here, she embraces the life of a notorious criminal, an unrepentant and enigmatic daughter of Ireland - Chicago May. Legend says that May was a mesmerizing beauty, with startling blue eyes and hair spun of red and gold who captured the hearts of men wherever she went, at nineteen, she stole her family's savings and ran away from her home in rural Ireland to America, arriving first at Nebraska. May then travelled to Chicago and onto New York where she worked in a variety of unsavoury jobs and was soon hailed in tabloids as a 'Queen of the Underworld'. But this was nothing in comparison with what was to follow. In 1901, May had fallen in love with big-time criminal Eddie Guerin and followed him to Paris where together, they robbed the American Express. But they were both caught and sent to prison. She survived, returning to America to reinvent herself again and again until her death in 1929.
Nuala O'Faolain received critical acclaim for her candid memoris, "Are You Somebody?" and "Almost There". Here, she embraces the life of a notorious criminal, an unrepentant and enigmatic daughter of Ireland - Chicago May. Legend says that May was a mesmerizing beauty, with startling blue eyes and hair spun of red and gold who captured the hearts of men wherever she went, at nineteen, she stole her family's savings and ran away from her home in rural Ireland to America, arriving first at Nebraska. May then travelled to Chicago and onto New York where she worked in a variety of unsavoury jobs and was soon hailed in tabloids as a 'Queen of the Underworld'. But this was nothing in comparison with what was to follow. In 1901, May had fallen in love with big-time criminal Eddie Guerin and followed him to Paris where together, they robbed the American Express. But they were both caught and sent to prison. She survived, returning to America to reinvent herself again and again until her death in 1929.
Nuala O'Faolain's autobiographical memoir, Are You Somebody? was published to huge success and critical acclaim in America and Ireland. Since then she has also written the bestselling novel, My Dream of You and most recently Almost There. She lives in the west of Ireland and New York City.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 199 mm |
| Gewicht | 220 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Schlagworte | Chicago May • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-100658-7 / 0141006587 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-100658-1 / 9780141006581 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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